Nohl was a pioneer in underwater apparatus, an adventurer, a treasure-hunter, an inventor, and thrill-seeker. He and his friends dove a few wrecks, looking for valuable cargo or safes rumored to be full of cash, but his most remarkable contributions to diving were his innovations and experiments.
Owing to its ancient rules, and the fact that Inner Temple is even older than London itself, police authorities need permission to enter the grounds. Gabriel’s superiors decide he is the man for the job and give him the task of investigating the mysterious death of the Lord Chief Justice.
How To Seal Your Own Fate is a worthy follow-up to the first novel. It brings the reader back to the cozy village of Castle Knoll to visit with its eccentric characters. And as ever, the lovely Gravesdown estate sounds just like the kind of place so many of us dream of inheriting one day. Minus, the murder, of course.
Two infamous murder cases get reexamined by the best true crime writers working today. Hawley Harvey Crippen and John Reginald Christie each committed homicides that stunned their neighbors, captivated a nation, and overshadowed the lives of the victims at the time. These books seek to train the spotlight back on those that were lost rather than revel in the gory crimes themselves.
Natasha Pulley is one of the best and most consistently stunning novelists of our time. Just as The Iliad isn’t (really) about the Trojan war, The Hymn to Dionysus is not about an endangered kingdom. It’s about looking at oneself and finding the divine heroism within.